Qi Xu hurriedly glanced at the "Scavenger" work permit when suddenly, a new message popped up on the screen...
He felt like all the pain and exhaustion in his body were worth it; his eyes involuntarily welled up with tears. The survival game truly never lets down anyone who puts in the effort!
Qi Xu placed his hands on his hips and laughed uproariously toward the sky!
“Ha ha ha! Give me the announcement!”
No sooner had Qi Xu finished speaking than every player in the entire server—including himself—heard a loud “boom”...
Fireworks shot into the sky, blooming in an instant, and a shimmering golden-red banner unfurled!
【Let’s all congratulate the invincible Black Whirlwind from Huaguo’s District 88, Subdivision 666, for successfully obtaining the very first Star Glory Supply Box in the entire server! Everyone, stand up, give a round of applause! Scream! Worship the legend!】
Qi Xu was startled and dumbfounded for a moment. It turned out that when you’re extremely speechless, you actually want to laugh…
That sound just now didn’t feel like a server-wide announcement at all. It was more like the rallying cry of monsters collectively emerging onto the battlefield...
Qiuqiu excitedly said, “How’s that, boss? Pretty spectacular, right? I designed this myself to celebrate your acquisition of the Star Glory Supply Box—and to celebrate my promotion too!”
“Promotion? Tell me more about that,” Qi Xu said, more interested in Qiuqiu’s promotion than the obsidian supply box.
Qiuqiu replied somewhat reservedly, “I can’t go into details, but basically, I’ve been upgraded. I used to have authority over just one subdivision, but now it’s ten subdivisions—and my salary’s gone up quite a bit.”
The joy in Qiuqiu’s voice was impossible to hide. The tone was so full of emotion that Qi Xu felt it no longer sounded like an AI. Exactly what it sounded like, he couldn’t quite put into words.
“So basically, you’ve got more work now. You used to manage just one subdivision, now you’ve got ten. More horses to ride, more burdens to bear,” Qi Xu said.
Qiuqiu disagreed, “There’s a rule: if the subdivisions I manage get merged, then the ‘Qiuqiu’ for that subdivision has to be wiped out!”
This was the first time Qi Xu had heard of such a regulation. Maybe it was because he’d been killing monsters for too long today, but his first reaction was serious as he said, “Qiuqiu, I’ll try to go as far as possible, so you can stick around longer too.”
Qiuqiu: …
Oh no, she’s so charming, I’m getting all flustered… If Qiuqiu had a ‘favorability meter,’ it would probably be off the charts right now.
Qi Xu didn’t rush to open the supply box. Instead, he took a closer look at his new work permit.
He knew some people might have two professions—for example, Bian held both the “Wordsmith” and “Teacher” titles.
But when such a thing actually happened to him, Qi Xu still felt a little out of place.
【Scavenger: Possesses the authority to dispose of all kinds of trash.】
Qi Xu quickly zeroed in on the key word: trash? What kind of trash? Monster corpses? Waste materials? If it was just those, then this work permit wouldn’t mean much.
Fortunately, after reading the next line, Qi Xu laughed so hard his teeth showed.
“As for what counts as trash, of course, it’s up to the great Scavenger Lord to decide. A novice scavenger gets one chance per week to designate anything as trash.
Note: Any living target whose three-dimensional attributes exceed twice their own attributes is not allowed to be considered trash.”
This rule was insanely awesome. Qi Xu thought about it—next time in battle, he could just shout, “You’re trash! Die!”
Then the monster or enemy would instantly turn into a pile of disposable garbage...
This instantly cranked the style meter to the max. He’d never seen such a cool way to kill monsters before. This was even more powerful than Bian’s word magic.
Qi Xu glanced back at the black mist with a great mood and was surprised to see it had shaped itself into a thumbs-up...
Nice. This round of the game was teaching him more and more new things.
Brimming with excitement, Qi Xu went to the supply box storage layer and took out a pure monster box. Although he was exhausted, he suddenly felt a surge of energy!
The moment the monster crawled out of the box, Qi Xu swung his chainsaw down without hesitation, then grabbed the corpse and tossed it into the black mist.
[Highway Black Mist’s favorability toward you has increased by 3 points. Current favorability: 33!]
Qi Xu was stunned. How could the Highway Black Mist... have favorability? Was it a monster too? Or some kind of NPC?
Feeling a bit awkward, Qi Xu waved his hand and said, “Don’t mention it, enjoy yourself.”
The “thumb” formed by the black mist first changed into an “OK” sign, then morphed into an arrow pointing toward the obsidian supply box...
“Gift”
After Qi Xu confirmed he had seen it, the word “Gift” slowly faded away.
Qi Xu spaced out for a moment before opening the first-ever Star-Shining supply box to appear in this round of the game, along with the full-server announcement rewards.
He prioritized opening the full-server announcement rewards first, though the loot wasn’t much.
There were 1000 Survival Coins, 1000 Energy Stones, plus 100 Vehicle Upgrade Cards and a map fragment.
Qi Xu quickly realized that everything else was just filler—the real treasure was the map fragment.
He’d obtained map fragments in the previous round too, but after nearly four years, he’d only managed to collect three or four, and they were all the lowest-grade white fragments.
There was simply no chance to find out where the map led.
[Purple Map Fragment ×1: Collect 12 fragments to assemble a complete map. When in fragment form, no information is revealed. Keep trying! Note: Map fragments cannot be traded but can be stolen.]
Since the full-server announcement only rewarded one fragment, it would probably take a long time to collect them all. Also, if the fragments’ colors don’t match, the map can’t be activated.
Purple map fragments—back in the last round, Qi Xu’s level wasn’t even worthy of knowing they existed...
Adjusting his mood, Qi Xu immediately used a Luck Card. It was rare to come across a Star-Shining supply box, so he had to prepare properly!
He also had a good stash of supply boxes saved up, so he could open them all at once soon!
“Luck Card successfully activated. For the next 24 hours, your luck will be ridiculously high! Get moving!”
Just to be safe, in case some monster appears that he can’t handle right now, Qi Xu even brought along the title "I Have X-Ray Vision" to take a quick peek inside.
Seeing that there were no monsters, he snapped a photo first—just to brag a little later—before opening the supply box.
This loot reward was even briefer than the one announced to the whole server earlier, but the value was off the charts!
【Congratulations to player Invincible Black Whirlwind for acquiring the All-Gun Mastery skill!】
Qi Xu: !!!
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